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The year's largest street art festival is set to hit the 3A Alternative Art Area on February 7, featuring live mural painting, a street photography exhibition, live performance art, live music and freestyle sports. Hosted by Saigon Artbook, UFO, Unlimited Saigon Entertainment, Unicorn Studio & 3A Station, the event is to celebrate the growing street art community in HCM City and to create a playground for artists to meet their fans. The Concrete Canvasses Festival will feature plenty of bass-thumping tunes from local DJs such as Maraphobia, Cheezy Gangstaz and Demon Slayer, in addition to live musical performances by Emcee K and Seighart. Artists, including Kim Co, Tran Hai Binh, Mai Hong, Thanh Xinh, Cong Thanh, Frenemy Life, Holm, Dan Nguyen, Sarah Patterson, Viet Max, Muriel, Chicko, Endo, Leur, Dazger and Baum, will produce their masterpieces in real time as Fancy Crew and Bigsouth Crew show off their dance skills. A photography exhibition will also be on display while … [Read more...] about HCM City ready for street art event

Street art fair held in Hanoi The Saigon Times Daily A free-entrance street art fair was held between 3 p.m. and 10 p.m. Saturday at Hanoi Creativity City, an art and entertainment hub, by local painter Phuong Vu Manh in an attempt to bring street art closer to the public, Hanoi Creativity City said. The event featured a series of street art activities from painting to sculpture and music. Visitors to the fair could ask artists to create paintings for them, and enjoy Japanese dance, live DJ, guitar and drum performances. The organizers also invited everyone to show off their talent at the fair without having to make prior registrations. Hanoi Creative City is located at 1 Luong Yen Street, Hai Ba Trung District, Hanoi. … [Read more...] about Street art fair held in Hanoi

PANO - The "Street Art Fair" has recently taken place for the first time at the Hanoi Creative City, 1 Luong Yen Street, in the presence of over 20 popular artists, including artist Le Thiet Cuong, Tran Nhat Thang, guitarist Pham Quang Tran Minh, and drummer Vu Hong.
The event, featuring live portrait painting, a street painting exhibition and live art performances, attracted over one thousand viewers, especially youths wishing to get closer to art.
According to the host of the fair, artist Phuong Vu Manh, it is more natural to bring art to the public this way and artists also felt more comfortable showing their talents at the event.
Manh also held that the event aimed to promote exchanges among artists and create a playground for artists and fans anytime, anywhere. Hopefully, the Hanoi Creative City will become a place for artists and the public to share and exchange ideas in the time to come.
Translated by Thuy Duong … [Read more...] about Street Art Fair launched first time in Hanoi

Hanoi (VNA) – Art lovers on February 27 had a chance to enjoy various types of art at the first street fair held at an art hub in Hanoi. Hundreds of people gathered at Creative City, 1 Luong Yen street, to view paintings, sculptures, performing arts and listen to music. There were also live performances by French visual artist Anais Bourquin and Vietnamese artist Dao Anh Khanh. "I feel as if I were at a street art fair in my hometown," said Marie Jansen from the Netherlands. "It's so much fun and relaxing. Yet, there should be more activities to make the fair busier." Painter Phuong Vu Manh, who created the event, said he was inspired by street art performances he saw during a recent trip to Europe. "I saw them so free, to live in their arts and entertain audiences," he said. "I really want to set up such areas for street arts in Hanoi, where artists perform, while other people relax after working long hours. I think it's an interesting feature of culture and a way to bring the … [Read more...] about Street art fair entertains Hanoians at cultural hub

Professionals and amateurs are invited to enter a street arts contest in music, dance, circus, magic, martial arts, and variety shows.
The 2016 Street Arts Festival aims to encourage street artists, and organisers hope the first festival will give young performers a chance to develop their careers and bring them and producers and agencies together to offer new, quality entertainment to audiences.
The 10 best individuals and groups will perform in March on Nguyen Hue street, which during certain times of the week is off-limits to vehicles.
Their performances will also be broadcast on Tuoi Tre TV Online.
Each participant must submit a clip of not more than five minutes featuring their performance, and it could be shot on a phone.
"We decided to join the festival because we wanted to share our love for dance with others," Pham Thanh Nghi, 20, leader of dance group 5 Fairy, said.
Nghi's group was one of the contest's first entrants after its members sent a clip of themselves … [Read more...] about Street Arts fest comes to Ho Chi Minh City

HCM City (VNA) - Professional and amateurs are invited to enter a street arts contest in music, dance, circus, magic, martial arts, and variety shows.
The 2016 Street Arts Festival aims to encourage street artists, and organisers hope the first festival will give young performers a chance to develop their careers and bring them and producers and agencies together to offer new, quality entertainment to audiences.
The 10 best individuals and groups will perform in March on Nguyen Hue street, which during certain times of the week is off-limits to vehicles.
Their performances will also be broadcast on Tuoi Tre TV Online.
Each participant must submit a clip of not more than five minutes featuring their performance, and it could be shot on a phone.
"We decided to join the festival because we wanted to share our love for dance with others," Pham Thanh Nghi, 20, leader of dance group 5 Fairy, said.
Nghi's group was one of the contest's first entrants after its members sent a clip of … [Read more...] about Street Arts fest comes to HCM City

HCM CITY (VNS) — Professional and amateurs are invited to enter a street arts contest in music, dance, circus, magic, martial arts, and variety shows.
The 2016 Street Arts Festival aims to encourage street artists, and organisers hope the first festival will give young performers a chance to develop their careers and bring them and producers and agencies together to offer new, quality entertainment to audiences.
The 10 best individuals and groups will perform in March on Nguyen Hue, which during certain times of the week is off-limits to vehicles.
Their performances will also be broadcast on Tuoi Tre TV Online.
Each participant must submit a clip of not more than five minutes featuring their performance, and it could be shot on a phone.
"We decided to join the festival because we wanted to share our love for dance with others," Pham Thanh Nghi, 20, leader of dance group 5 Fairy, said.
Nghi's group was one of the contest's first entrants after its members sent a clip of … [Read more...] about Street Arts fest comes to HCMC

Nguyen Nga, the Vietnamese-French owner of Maison des Arts in Ha Noi, is preparing to hold the second annual Long Bien Bridge Festival of contemporary and street arts later this year.
Dragon Bridge Tells of Thang Long's 1,000 Years will run from September 30 to October 15 on Long Bien Bridge.
Ha Noi's iconic bridge will be decorated with the flags of many countries while a ship carrying a 100-man band and popular overseas orchestra Urban Sax will sail from the old capital of Hoa Lu in Ninh Binh Province to Long Bien Bridge and Ha Long Bay.
The band will represent the 100 Vietnamese children in the Au Co-Lac Long Quan legend of the country's founding. The voyage will depict the shifting of the country's capital from Hoa Lu to Dai La (Ha Noi today) by King Ly Thai To in the 11th century.
A fleet of small boats will carry monks, nuns, and Buddhist faithful who will pray for the country's heroes and martyrs who sacrificed their lives for independence.
Hue festival to open with a … [Read more...] about Bridge festival celebrates street art

(VOVoworld) 40 art troupes from all over the world have entertained Hue residents and visitors with an impressive program of street arts. VOV’s Vinh Phong reports. The street art program is part of a project initiated by Vietnam’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs through the Forum for East Asia-Latin America Cooperation (FEALAC). The street festival takes place every afternoon this week outside the Hue Culture House, on Hung Vuong, Le Loi and Nguyen Dinh Chieu streets. Foreign artists create an upbeat atmosphere for the festival with their colorful parades, thrilling dances, and dazzling performances. Cuba’s folk troupe Raices Profun is ardent and energetic in their dance, which is a blend of indigenous music and African cultures. The Australian artists go wild with the aborigine dances, while Cleopatra group impress the audience with belly dances. The 10 member folk troupe Tambores de San Millan (Drummers from San Millan region) from Venezuela are brilliant with their … [Read more...] about Street arts at 2012 Hue festival

Tens of thousands of visitors and Hue residents on April 8 enjoyed street art performances by artists from many countries, including the first-time appearance of Australian aboriginals.
Artists performed along the roads of Hung Vuong, Le Loi and Nguyen Dinh Chieu of Hue city. … [Read more...] about Street arts at Hue Festival